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Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Retold by David Boyle and Viv Croot. Illustrated by Sarah Young. Excerpts from the Iliad in this volume have been taken from the 1890 revised edition of The Iliad of Homer: a Translation by John Graham Cordery (first published in 1871).
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides facts on the classic myths of the Greeks, from how Prometheus outsmarted the gods to how Achilles's heel led to his death.
3) The Oresteia
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
xi, 249 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. Principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation.
4) Odysseus
Author
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p.
Language
English
Description
World mythology. An introduction to the character of Odysseus and his importance in Greek mythology.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
What happens when you hold up a mirror to poems about Greek myths? You get a brand-new perspective on the classics! And that is just what happens in Echo Echo, the newest collection of reverso poems from Marilyn Singer. Read one way, each poem tells the story of a familiar myth; but when read in reverse, the poems reveal a new point of view!
Author
Publisher
Folio Society
Pub. Date
2003, c1996
Physical Desc
2 vol.
Language
English
Description
"The Greek Myths was first published in 1955 by Penguin Books, and was reprinted with amendments in 1957. An edition revised by Robert Graves was published in 1960, also by Penguin Books. The text of this edition follows that of the 1960 edition, except for the deletion of Graves's source notes." Includes index.
Author
Publisher
Folio Society
Pub. Date
2003, c1996
Physical Desc
2 vol.
Language
English
Description
"The Greek Myths was first published in 1955 by Penguin Books, and was reprinted with amendments in 1957. An edition revised by Robert Graves was published in 1960, also by Penguin Books. The text of this edition follows that of the 1960 edition, except for the deletion of Graves's source notes." Includes index.
14) Pegasus
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells how Bellerophon, son of the king of Corinth, secures the help of the winged horse Pegasus in order to fight the monstrous Chimera.
15) Echo the copycat
Author
Series
Goddess girls volume 19
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In order to fit in at Mount Olympus Academy, new girl and forest-mountain nymph Echo copies the mannerisms of all the other students, but instead of ingratiating herself to her classmates, it only seems to grate on them.
16) The odyssey
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Homer's epic that describes the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a self-guided quest into the Underworld with each choice affecting the outcome of the story. The reader gets three story paths, thirty-three choices, and eighteen endings.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
232 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jack Perdu, a prodigy of classical mythology, suffers a near-fatal accident after which he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's ghostly underworld, eight levels below Grand Central Station, where Jack decides to look for his mother who disappeared years earlier.
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
248 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.